Notebook P17SM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Notebook P17SM (all builds)
Motherboard	Notebook P17SM
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 20:27
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 181 75% 125 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 520 53% 431 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Clevo(1558 7104) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5067 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.24% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 7.5 3% 9.95 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 8.91 6% 7.08 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.24% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2CT24 240GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 297 Write 218 Mixed 220 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 33.7 144% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 213 161% 216 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 94%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 67GB free Firmware: SM11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 67 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 71.5 Write 64.5 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 66.6 47% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.8 344% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 358GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 85 85 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 88.2 Write 88.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 85.6 103% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 65%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 5GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 4.1 3.7 3.8 4.2 3.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 1.3 Mixed 5 SusWrite 3.7 6% 6.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 21%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 108GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 19 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 19 Write 20.2 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 18.4 26% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical P17SM Builds (Compare 86 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Notebook P17SM

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	47x
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	12x
Core i7-4900MQIntel $110Bench 68%, 5,651 samples	6x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	54x
GTX 780MNvidiaBench 23%, 3,739 samples	10x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	8x

SSD
PM810 mSATA 128GBSamsungBench 34%, 361 samples	6x
Z400s 128GBSanDisk $109Bench 61%, 10,807 samples	5x
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	4x

RAM
CT51264BF160B.C16F 2x4GBCrucialBench 38%, 4,853 samples	4x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,121 samples	4x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 433 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $209

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16